Percentage distribution of disabled persons 3 to 21 years oldreceiving education services for the disabled, by age group and educational environment: 1991-92

Table 52.

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                                  |         |       |        |        | Public |Private |           |           |
                                  |   All   |       |        |        |separate|separate|  Public   |  Private  |Homebound/
    Age and type of disability    |environ- |Regular|Resource|Separate| school | school |residential|residential| hospital
                                  |  ments  | class |  room  | class  |facility|facility| facility  | facility  |environment
__________________________________|_________|_______|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|___________
                1                 |    2    |   3   |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |     8     |     9     |    10
__________________________________|_________|_______|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|___________
  All persons, 3 to 21 years old .|   100.0 |  35.7 |   34.4 |   24.0 |    2.7 |    1.8 |       0.6 |       0.2 |       0.5
                                  |_________|_______|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|___________
3 to 5 years old..................|   100.0 |  45.7 |   11.3 |   29.5 |    4.9 |    7.2 |       0.3 |       0.1 |       1.2
6 to 21 years old.................|   100.0 |  34.9 |   36.3 |   23.5 |    2.5 |    1.4 |       0.6 |       0.3 |       0.5
  Mental retardation..............|   100.0 |   5.0 |   25.4 |   59.2 |    7.7 |    1.1 |       0.9 |       0.3 |       0.3
  Speech or language impairments..|   100.0 |  85.5 |    9.1 |    3.9 |    0.2 |    1.2 |     (\1\) |     (\1\) |       0.1
  Visual impairments..............|   100.0 |  39.6 |   21.2 |   19.6 |    3.1 |    5.5 |       9.5 |       1.1 |       0.4
  Serious emotional disturbance...|   100.0 |  15.8 |   27.8 |   36.9 |    7.8 |    6.2 |       2.4 |       1.5 |       1.6
  Orthopedic impairments..........|   100.0 |  32.4 |   21.0 |   34.4 |    5.6 |    1.6 |       0.3 |       0.6 |       4.1
  Other health impairments........|   100.0 |  35.3 |   27.6 |   21.5 |    2.1 |    1.2 |       0.2 |       0.4 |      11.9
  Specific learning disabilities..|   100.0 |  24.6 |   54.2 |   20.1 |    0.6 |    0.3 |       0.1 |     (\1\) |       0.1
  Deaf-blindness..................|   100.0 |   6.0 |    6.1 |   36.5 |   17.0 |    4.5 |      25.2 |       2.9 |       1.8
  Multiple disabilities...........|   100.0 |   6.2 |   18.1 |   47.1 |   16.0 |    6.6 |       2.4 |       1.3 |       2.2
  Hearing impairments.............|   100.0 |  27.1 |   20.5 |   31.3 |    5.8 |    3.7 |      10.8 |       0.8 |       0.1
__________________________________|_________|_______|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|___________

\1\Less than 0.05 percent.

NOTE.--This table reflects a compilation of data reported by the states. There are some reporting variations, e.g., estimated or incomplete data and nonstandard definitions, from state to state. Data include Puerto Rico. Data for 3- to 5-year-old children are no longer collected by type of disability. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Sixteenth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 1993. (This table was prepared May 1995.)

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